Improvement in bomb-lances



P. CUNNINGHAM. y

BOMB-LANCE.

N, Patented Dec. 28,1875.

PATRICK CUNNINGHAM, OF NEWARK,I NE\V JERtSEY, yINSLSGDOH 0l ONE HALF HIS RIGHT TO BERNARD COGAN, 0F SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOMBA-LANCES.

specification forming pa'rt of Learsrmenn No. 1i 711,553. daad December es, ists; application nit-ii i November 29, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK GUNMNGHAM, ofthe city of Newark, in the county ot' Essex and'State of New Jersey, have `invented certain new and useful .lm'provementsin Bomb- Laneefor Killing Whales and other purposes; y

and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full', clear, and exact description tbox-cot',

which will enable'ot-hcrs skilled in the art te which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings,- and to thel l\e\tt`ers `of reference v marked thereon, which form a part ofv this specification.

This invention relates to certain improve- 'ments iu the construction and combination ot' a bomb and cartridge, for killing whales,&e., whereby they are rendered impervious to the action ot' wateror dampness, and always ready for immediate use, and also the operation ot' loading and discharging is facilitated.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure] is a longitudinal cross-section of a bomb-lance and cartridge and Fig. 2 a cross-section ofthe same taken through line x, constructed and '-colnbinedin accordance with theprineiple involved in said inv'enlion, which consists in combining the cartridge A with the bomb B, (the two heilig constructed and adapted therefor,) and also in grooving the bomb-shell B, all substantially as shown and indicated in the drawing, the object of the latter feature being to insure the bursting ol' thebombshell into a `number ot fragments, thereby grt-atl)v increasingl its dcstructiye power. l-do not confine myself, however, to straight.grooves, as indicated `in the drawing, as said grooves may be 'made in spiral or diagonal lines, or

.at that point, the advantage ot' which will be obvious. v

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new and-desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States, is

Aacartri-dge, A, and bomb li, when com- `binedand arranged to operate substantially as. herein set t'orth and shown, t'or the purposes specified. In testimony that lclaim the foregoing as my own invention, l allix hereto my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK CUNNINGHAM. witnesses: t.

OLIVER BRAKE,

BERNARD' COGA'N. 

